From Lab to IPO: The High-Tech Start-Up This fall at GW’s Virginia Campus From Lab to IPO: The Hi-Tech Start-Up Saturdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 9/1-12/8/04 Who should take this class? Whether planning a start-up or a personal consulting company, or even if you just plan to be a strategic employee who receives stock options, this course discusses practical and legal issues that you might deal with every day in taking a great idea and creating a successful hi-tech or biotech company. Strategic thinkers welcome! Course Topics: • Venture/Angel Capital • Patents, copyrights, and trademarks • Trade secrets and licensing agreements • Partnerships, Corporations, and LLCs • The IPO process • Federal and State Securities Law • Government programs for start-ups About the Instructor Tony Stanco, Esq. is the founding Director of the Washington-based Center of Open Source & Government. He works on software policy, Open Source, cyber-security and eGovernment with universities and governments around the world. Tony has given presentations at the U.S. Congress, various U.S. defense and civilian agencies, World Bank, European Commission, United Nations, Inter-American Development Bank, Organization of American States, World Summit on Information Society, LinuxWorld, Advanced Computer and Internet Law Institute, and International Computer Law Association, among others. He has also worked with government and IT officials from the UK, Germany, Canada, Mexico, India, Denmark, and Jordan. An associate director of the Cyber Security Policy and Research Institute of The George Washington University, he is also an adjunct professor at GW. Prior to joining The George Washington University, he was a senior attorney at the Securities and Exchange Commission in the group that regulates the Internet and software industry, where he worked on over 200 Internet and software IPOs. He has an L.L.M. from Georgetown University Law Center and is licensed as a lawyer in New York State. Registration Find out how to register by calling (202) 994-5000, Monday-Friday, 8 am to 5 pm, to find out about “Quick Entry” as a new, non-degree student. Register for CSCI 297-AL, CRN #87119, by August 27. For more information contact the instructor, Tony Stanco, by e-mail at tony@egovos.org or by phone at 202-994-5513. Website for the From Lab to IPO course, developed by graduate students. Find a list of guest speakers and lots more information. Check it out! Course offered by the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Department of Computer Science.

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